Chapter 223: Scheme
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When Rong Xuan heard that Fan Zijin wanted to set the emissary free, he looked at him in surprise. After a moment of silence, he said, “It’s good to let him take the initiative to report this matter to the Emperor. Otherwise, should the matter reach the Emperor without any movement from the emissary, I’m afraid the Imperial Court will accuse General Qi of putting the messenger under house arrest and accuse us of being negligent.”
Fan Zijin nodded. “But we can’t let him go just like that. Brother Rong, I don’t know what kind of hobbies this messenger has. The messenger is His Majesty’s eyes and ears. Even if he doesn’t favor us in the memorial and only speaks impartially, it’s still better than us having to defend ourselves.”
Rong Xuan looked at him approvingly and nodded. “Don’t worry. I’ll handle this myself. I won’t let the general fall into danger.”
Rong Xuan had already inquired about the emissary’s personality and hobbies after he arrived at the Xingzhou Prefecture. Naturally, he knew what to say and what to do to win his favor.
Therefore, when the Emperor received the news that Qi Xiuyuan had sent troops to Hanzhong Prefecture, he also received the emissary’s letter.
Even though the emissary mentioned in the letter that Qi Xiuyuan was loyal and patriotic despite being too unyielding, the Emperor was still very angry.
Now that the treasury was empty, he was still fretting about the money he would give to the Jin Kingdom and West Xia next year. Just as he was about to plead with the Jin Kingdom and West Xia to be lenient, Qi Xiuyuan directly sent troops over. Wasn’t this causing trouble for him?
However, the Yuan family’s army had also been mobilized. If it was only Qi Xiuyuan alone, the Emperor could have simply removed his power. However, now that the Yuan family’s army was involved, the imperial censors and commoners already had many objections to his summoning back the Yuan family’s army then. If he were to make a fuss this time, the commoners would definitely have something to say.
The Emperor did not want to give the commoners more reason to gossip about him.
The Emperor regretted placing General Yuan in an important position back then. At that time, he saw that General Yuan came from a poor background and had no one to rely on in the army or the court. He thought that General Yuan would listen to him, but who knew that General Yuan’s temper was so stubborn? In the past few years that General Yuan had been in control of the military power, he had sent out troops against the Emperor’s will. However, he still had a solid reputation among the people. If the Emperor could not find any evidence against him, he could not deal with him easily.
However, General Yuan had the help of the Shen family. He was clean and loved the people, so the Emperor could not find anything on him at all.
Currently, the most powerful person in Great Zhou other than Minister Qin was General Yuan. However, Minister Qin’s power came from him, while General Yuan’s power was independent of the Emperor. The Emperor punched the dragon throne with an ugly expression and thought to himself, ‘I originally wanted to support Minister Qin to keep General Yuan in check, but now it seems that the effect is minimal. After all, Minister Qin doesn’t have military power, so it’s very difficult for General Yuan to have any scruples.’
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